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...personnel-switch might mean an up-tick in the number of A´s and A-minuses distributed to course-takers; Mansfield is the Faculty's most-notorious grade-deflator. But expect the course to remain, at its core, a grueling—but gratifying—intellectual challenge...
...from thinking about their health in a balanced way. More than 80% of cardiovascular disease is explainable by some combination of smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes and sedentary living (being male works against you, too). Generally, the poor sod who collapses from a heart attack could tick three or more of those boxes. "We've been fighting to stop doctors and patients thinking about any of these risk factors in a vacuum," says The George Institute's MacMahon, professor of cardiovascular medicine and epidemiology at the University of Sydney. "Your risk of having a heart attack...
...Kennedy family consiglieri Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. ’38 leveraged his wealth of personal knowledge to convince readers that the second version of the story was far more accurate. He was tremendously biased, of course, but readers still benefited greatly from his reflections on what made Kennedy tick...
...movie recalls older, better ones in its attempts at fantasy and its cameo by Death, but it is deficient as a mystery (it leaves unsolved the premature death that sets the tale in motion) and as a character study (we haven't a clue about what makes Peter tick...
Ballasted with 370 years of precedent and tradition, Harvard is the flagship of higher education. But it plows ahead in straight lines, changing little as the years tick on and as it loses ground to more agile institutions which constantly innovate and reinvent themselves. If Harvard is to navigate the serpentine channel that lies ahead and still remain at the forefront of higher education, it must overcome its overwhelming inertia. But the course is difficult, and will require a bold, visionary, and audacious helmsman to chart.For that role we turn to a small crew of 11 who will steer Harvard...